Editing Software engineering demographics (section)

=== India ===
There has been a healthy growth in the number of [[India]]'s IT professionals over the past few years. From a base of 6,800 [[knowledge worker]]s in 1985{{En dash}}86, the number increased to 522,000 software and services professionals by the end of 2001{{En dash}}02. It is estimated that out of these 528,000 knowledge workers, almost 170,000 are working in the IT software and services export industry; nearly 106,000 are working in the IT enabled services and over 230,000 in user organizations.<ref>From [http://www.nasscom.org Website of the National Association of Software and Service Companies], one of the more authoritative sources of information.</ref>